Broken Heart

Chapter 24 : Searching through boxes

Chapter 24

Riker POV

"What if that was Macy or Ashley or Carly!?" I asked, staring up the attic stairs.

"Um... I don't know..."

"What do we do?"

"Hold on..."

Paige went into a bedroom, and came back with a baseball bat.

"You just have random baseball bats around the house?" I asked.

"No. My brother plays baseball with his friends sometimes."

"Oh..."

I grabbed the bat from her.

"What are you doing?" Paige asked.

"I'm going to go kill whoever is up there!"

"Aren't you scared?"

"Duh! Of course I am! When am I ever not scared!?"

"Then why are you-"

"Because I need to protect you!"

Paige just sort of stared at me for a minute. My cheeks turned red.

"Sorry... You know I still have feelings for you... I just want to keep you safe..." I mumbled, looking down.

Paige put her hand under my chin, and made me look at her.

"Hey... Don't be embarrassed. I think it's sweet."

I only blushed more.

"Can we just go up there and get this over with?" I asked.

"Yeah. Be careful."

I started up the stairs. Paige was right behind me. I had her flashlight in one hand, and the bat in my other. Once I was in the attic, I looked around, trying to spot someone. But the attic was small, so there weren't many places people could hide. I walked around the whole attic, but I never found anyone.

"Well that's strange," I mumbled.

"Maybe they fell because of the box we took out."

"Oh... Maybe..."

We sat down at the box again, and started going through the folders of papers.

Later...

Riker POV

"There's so many more boxes..." I mumbled.

"We don't have to go through them all tonight... Obviously it's taking a long time."

I sighed.

"Paige?"

"What?"

"Can I borrow your phone?"

"Sure. Why?"

"Wait. I have another question first. And you can totally say no if you want. I was just wondering if maybe I could stay over. I just don't want to walk back alone... You know... Because Carly escaped..."

"Riker, of course you can stay over. You don't have to ask. Remember when I first met you? I told you that you could stay over whenever you wanted."

"Oh..."

Paige handed me her phone, and I called dad.

"Hello?"

"Dad, I have a question."

"What is it?"

"You know how I've been being good lately and stuff?"

"Yes..."